The Cecil Whig., 1887-07-02
ID ckinson College Commencement

ID ckinson College Commencement.
CARLISLE. Pa, June 2S-NIost of to-
day b IS been given up to the exercises of
tne graduating class. which began this
morning at 10 o'clock in Bosler NJ .morial
Hall, After the offering of prayer by }.
NJ S,ayrow, of Little Creek, Pa, Chap
lain OF the class. an address Of wcito ne
WAS delivered by ID B- Brandt, of llar-
rlsbuIg The Emory Grafton WAS by
KImucr Clcaver, OF Cataai isSl, Pa. ". Is.
Long of Carlisle, Pa III his history
of The class, told O: their doingS during
the C Here course, and enumerated the
achicv,imrutS An address to the under
graduates followed by Mr.. khrice, of
Carlisle, and the mornings exercises
were cDnC!u,ied with the class poem by
n f. Cleaver. of Roaring Creek, Pa. In
the afternoon at , o clock, |. Nj. Pulver,
of Harveyville, Pa, delivered the Lin
den Grafton. The Prnphecy,.' by II.
Detchis9n, of Frederick, Md, was an
amusing recital of the destincS of the
various members of the class as seen in
the light of their incInations at college.
l.. I. Ashcroft, of Frederick, Md, made
the presentation Speech, during which
the class men were called upon and pre-
sented with some fitting souvenir, the
more ridiculous the better. O. III. Heck,
of Three Springs, Pa, made the Fare
we'll Addre eSs'' to his classmates, and
| tnen all Joined in the class ode, which
was sung with a Will The pipes were
then brought out and eightysev in
dulged in the Glass Smoke" This ended
the ceremonies At 3 o'clock the Board
of Trustees met in the Scientific School.
President McCauley occupied the chair
| He read his annual report to the Board
| in which he said that the total number
of students this year exceeded that of last
year by but one man; the past year was
| not fruitful one in the way Of work.
| DR.. McCauey also said that the reports
| in the newspapers of 'suspended les
sons" of ''reigniug disorder were with
| out foundation, but as characteristic as
painfully unique" The report also ac-
knowledged several gifts to the college
| from William c. Allison of Philadelphia
the heating apparatus now in use in
| the Bosler Memorial Hall, the furniture
for the new Preparatory Scnool and also
an offer from the same gentleman to equip
the gymnasium recently reftted if the
college would place manager in charge
Thomas Malhlieu, of Millington, Md, ,
and William j. Jones of ElktOr, were
confirmed as trustees to succeed them
selves. and the resignation of Rev. \. f.
Gibson, d. d.. of Baltimore. Md, on
account of failing health, was received.
The body adjourned to meet again to-
morrow morning.
This evening, in the B)sler Memorial
Hall, Rev. Horace A. Cleveland, pastor
of the Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal
church, Philadelphia, delivered an ora
zion before the Bellies Lettres and Union
| Philosophical Literary Societies. his sub
| iect being "The Courage of Culture in
Common Life" DR.. Cleveland urged the
need of closer relations between the cul
ture and politics of the country; a culture
that was to solve the problems of politi-
cal economy that are now so pebulous
and irritating: a culture that would ad-
lust the differences of capital and labor.
Working men, he said, knew little of the
| 10Y of work and of nobility in service.
! The homes of many of the people are
neither convenient nor beautiful. In
these resnects he said and in MANY
others, was field appealing to the am
that our schools and COLLEGES can give
CARLISLE, Pa June 29.-A large num-
| her of visitors are in town TO attend the